By Bob Wolff Santa Monica
The picture of the plastic bottle on the beach tells it all (“Trifecta fights plastic bottles,” page 1, Feb. 15). Our Santa Monica beach already has dozens of trash barrels stretching from one end to the other. This bottle is just an example of those people who use the beach and do not care enough for the environment and their fellow beach users to pick up after themselves.
We do not need more barrels, we need people to pick up their own trash and put it in the barrels that are there.
Maybe, all of us beachgoers could pick up an extra piece or two of trash each time we are down on the sand and deposit that too — a quiet example that might inspire others. Soon Santa Monica might be able to rightfully boast of having clean beaches.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 19, 2008. Read the original PDF.